And more ARM devices are on the way. "We are looking forward to new
ARM-based Windows devices that will launch later this year," the
spokesman added.

This follows comments that Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made to CNET on Thursday. Huang said Nvidia is "working really hard" on the second-generation Surface.

Back in March, Michael Angiulo, corporate vice president, speaking
with CNET, expounded on Microsoft's reasons for committing to RT. "It
was a ton of work for us and we didn't do the work and endure the
disruption for any reason other than the fact that there's a strategy
there that just gets stronger over time."
Whether that reasoning still applies today isn't clear.

Note that ARM is not necessarily synonymous with Windows RT at Microsoft. In addition to RT
tablets, the company's Windows Phone platform also runs on ARM chips.

Asus at one time offered the Vivo Tab RT. But the company will stop making RT tablets.